Christmas Is Over: Bitcoin (BTC) Loses $2 Trillion Market Cap

U.In the present day – It’s Dec. 26, the day after Christmas, and to place it mildly, the vacation spirit didn’t final lengthy — for the cryptocurrency market particularly. As quickly as the worldwide vacation got here to an finish, the value of BTC started to fall, dropping as a lot as 4% throughout at the moment’s buying and selling session.

In consequence, quotes of the main cryptocurrency hit $95,200, however what’s extra worrying is that the key determine of $2 trillion for the market capitalization of was misplaced. This isn’t the primary time this has occurred just lately, however as soon as once more, it alerts the weak spot of main digital belongings within the present market setting.

The explanation could also be that December is the top of the quarter, the top of the month and the top of the yr. That is the time when merchants and traders shut their positions, say goodbye and return after the vacations.

Contemplating the truth that, this yr, Bitcoin has turn out to be extra correlated with conventional monetary markets than ever earlier than, initially as a result of launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs within the U.S., the tendencies typical for the S&P 500, for instance, will straight have an effect on the cryptocurrency market.

On this case, the truth that Bitcoin is traded 24/7 with no days off doesn’t appear to be a bonus, however relatively the alternative.

The place the key cryptocurrency will discover its native backside stays to be seen. Not too long ago, after reaching a brand new all-time excessive of $108,353 per BTC on Binance, the value of Bitcoin fell to a most of $92,300. There may be additionally an open hole round $77,000 per BTC on the CME that has not closed after the occasions of November, which additionally serves as a worrying benchmark for crypto merchants.

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